Gaza chaos on campus & Trump's Stormy nightmare - The Week in 60 Minutes | SpectatorTV

The prime minister is meeting with university leaders after America’s student protests have spread to the UK. How did universities raise a generation of activists? Yascha Mounk, professor and author, and Rob Henderson, author, discuss with this week’s host, the Spectator’s Political Correspondent James Heale. Also on the show, Lord Mann, the government’s independent antisemitism advisor, and Rakib Ehsan, researcher and author, discuss whether political sectarianism has re-emerged in Britain; Host of the Spectator's Chinese Whispers podcast Cindy Yu explores the geo-politics behind Xi Jinping’s European tour; and James speaks to The Spectator’s Freddy Gray and Jane Mulkerrins, Associate Editor of The Times Magazine, on the Trump-Stormy Daniels trial.
00:00 Welcome from James Heale
01:15 Have universities raised a generation of activists? With Yascha Mounk and Rob Henderson
17:19 Has political sectarianism re-emerged in Britain? With Lord Mann and Rakib Ehsan
33:25 What does Xi Jinping want in Europe? With Cindy Yu
45:43 What’s Stormy Daniels’ endgame? With Freddy Gray and Jane Mulkerrins
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[@SamOwen55]

I am sick and tired of discussions on the increasing sectarian politics only ever being framed in the context of Muslim or Jewish grievances. No one ever talks about the fact that the native population have had all this imported and now we have to both live with is, suffer it, and pay for it all. Absolutely sick of it all.

[@royjacobs1204]

When Douglas Murray was writing the Strange Death of Europe, he interviewed a LOT of politicians across Europe. He would always end with "and what if integration doesn't happen, what is the plan then" None had an answer not one. And yet still they come.

[@moltderenou]

@@royjacobs1204They most probably replied saying that we will deal with that problem when it arrives. Like Chamberlain in regards to Germany’s military buildup. Well it’s well and truly here and it’s not going away unless another Churchill comes along.

[@royjacobs1204]

@@moltderenou none of those that allowed it happen will be around to solve it, politically at least The truth is forced deportations en mass are needed, across Europe Can you see that happening, I cant

[@moltderenou]

@@royjacobs1204My reply has been deleted so that will give you a clue about what my thoughts are about that !

[@moltderenou]

@@royjacobs1204Spain managed it but it took them nearly 800 years.

[@FearlessP4P1]

The fact that there’s a non-British/christian vote that needs to be seriously considered is an issue.

[@suziclark7864]

Reasoned discussion between Yascha Mounk and Rob Henderson. We can indeed blame the current chaos on university confusion. Years ago I lost my job at a UK university for refusing to lie to the press. The concept of freedom of speech was curtailed amongst staff long before it was crucified in lecture halls. I was fortunate enough to be able to complete a Master's in Press and Public Relations Management during my suspension. The university had to pick up the tab as part of its settlement. The title of my thesis? The suppression of free speech at British Universities - written in 1995/6.

[@garygallagher3428]

As things fall apart can always rely on Spectator to have a polite conversation.

[@GreenMorningDragonProductions]

19:43 I like this guy already. "The ______ (insert adjective) community" is not a thing that should carry any weight in a pluralistic society like Britain.

[@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp]

Actually, there is very good reason to believe that the American bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade occurred because the Chinese had allowed a Serb relay station to be housed there and it was involved in the shooting down of the US F-117 stealth fighter. Allegedly Jiang Zimin said this was his biggest mistake during his time in office. The Americans agreed to apologise and the whole thing was smoothed over. Let's be honest: the Chinese have cultivated an epic victim complex vis a vis the West. It doesn't matter that the Americans, the British and the Russians defeated the Japanese for them, it doesn't matter that American investment and tech transfer got their country on the road to modernity - it's all our fault. And what's at the root of this is the narrative they tell themselves about the "century of humiliation" when a few Europeans gave the Qing dynasty a bloody nose. The Qing dynasty being a Manchu empire not a Han empire the toppling of which allowed the Han to take full control... Why don't the ordinary Chinese know this? Because they've never been told. Why have they never been told? Because the government wants no discussion about how all that territory was acquired and no acceptance of the fact that the Chinese are an imperial, colonial people like all the others in history. It's all so wearisome and it's all going to end up very very badly

[@brianholmes3547]

Muslim issues abroad should have no effects on our local politics, this is a worrying trend with the increasing Muslim population now.

[@adtastic1533]

The Revolution will be catered

[@johnmoorefilm]

😅

[@konradbrodzinski5965]

Catered? Huh?

[@allangriffiths9555]

Rob Henderson: "Elite media versus conservative media"! That's telling isn't it?!

[@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp]

LOL as if the conservative media isn't any thing other than a faction of the money power which has ruined our countries. Fraser Nelson is a mass immigration supporter. He wanted all these people here to divide and rule the country

[@woodlander_0]

It would be helpful for their cause if all these students popped over to Iran during their summer break to show their solidarity with the Palestinians.

[@MarcusCorbett]

How would that make any difference to analysis of the Balfour treaty or letter and whether its terms were adhered to.

[@eduardodavies3545]

You have to improve the quality of the audio at the Spectators offices.

[@adtastic1533]

From the River to the Sea, Bring me KFC

[@harrying882]

Pretty good.

[@TheNewYorker360]

Errrrr....I don't know. Here in New York, it's more Popeye's Chicken or Chick-fil-A than KFC. So you're (politically) off base there.

[@michaelpeacock6360]

Sick of this country....no one gives a flying fig about Gaza

[@roryhungrrr]

and the hundreds of thousands that have protested literally every week?

[@dustinhecker3986]

One point to be aware of about United States colleges and universities is how small a percentage of people actually pay the headline tuition rates. At the well-funded private schools at which many of these protests are happening, maybe 40% of the students, maybe 50% actually pay that amount. Their parents of course really pay it. The rest receive financial aid and in some cases effectively pay nothing. At public universities, where the majority of us college students attend college, it is a bit more complicated. But the in-state students are pretty heavily subsidized even without financial aid and when one throws financial aid on top the average cost is considerably lower. For those who actually have to pay something, it is pretty annoying not to be able to get the expensive product you thought you were purchasing.

[@patriciayeiser6405]

All parents of American students pay something close to the actual amount of tuition. Even with some kind of financial aid. the costs are extremely high.

[@chickenfishhybrid44]

​@@patriciayeiser6405 costs still being "high" is not the same as paying the top amount. Idk how you can say "all parents" anything.

[@liaminwales]

I have family who worked in higher education, it all go's back to middle management coming in. UNI's moved from education to customer service, keeping students happy was more important than education. There used to be almost no middle management & the budget was spent on teachers, today middle management has ballooned and high paid. They started not paying for good staff and hiring newly graduated students to teach with no industry experience, middle management want staff who stay in line. Staff cant fail students or tell them there work is bad, it's something you get fired for. A move to courses that are low cost & can be hot desking, it's moved from education and excellence to a student lifestyle. It's not educators in charge but management & sales, they spend a lot on reaching out to foreign students & foreign donations to hit sales targets (lots of staff burn out trying to hit targets). Simply staff who where educated and told students there stupid got pushed out, yes men/women teaches got pulled in who dont know better and get told to encourage students. From education to finishing school and holiday school for kids.

[@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp]

It all goes back to neoliberal think tanks demanding the expansion of higher education to turn it into yet another business they could extract rents from. Now when students come out with astronomic debt they incite them to hate their elderly relatives rather than the people who created this mess

[@appsb4537]

Is there some reason why Katja Hoyer isn't credited in the video description for the China discussion? I had to use google to find out what her background is

[@jamessmith1652]

They forgot to mention that Serbia tried to court the EU for many years and were not welcomed, in fact they were isolated. It would be incredible if two decades from now Serbia emerges as more developed and higher PPP than it's neighbors, a complete turnaround.

[@brianholmes3547]

😂😂

[@sifridbassoon]

I'm not surprised at all that the students are protesting. I'm extremely surprised the police have been called. I suspect the faculty secretly approve and agree with the protesters.

[@JonathanRossRogers]

It's not secret at all.

[@dale9724]

Always up for what Rob Henderson has to say.

[@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp]

Why? He's another neoliberal spouting talking points for "conversative" think tanks funded by the same money power which has wrecked the West. All he does all day on Twitter is talk about how superior he is to everyone else

[@justintcb5189]

Lord Mann totally underestimates the islamist threat.

[@Libertariun]

12:20 this is exactly where being on the left leads. It’s just that you never realised it, despite it happening before in China, USSR, North Korea, Venezuela, and on and on.

[@allangriffiths9555]

Freddie: Remind me why Trump is absurd. Are you suggesting that Biden is not absurd?

[@LinkoofHyrule]

he often doesn't hold a cognisant policy view (i.e. say one thing whilst electioneering then another whilst in office then do a third thing) which makes it very frustrating and difficult for allies to plan their strategy around. of course, this extends to adversaries too.

[@allangriffiths9555]

@@LinkoofHyrule Some examples would be good. Are you suggesting that Biden never does exactly the same thing? Why are you applying different standards to Trump than anybody else?

[@LinkoofHyrule]

@@allangriffiths9555 i never mentioned biden in my post. biden is more acquiescent to his advisors and government as a whole however which does make his administration more predictable - except in some cases like afghanistan withdrawal. although again, I never mentioned biden once in my statement and I'm unsure why you'd leap to discussing him in a conversation about someone else. I don't know how you think I am applying Trump different standards when Trump was the only person mentioned in my post.

[@allanhutton1123]

Welcome to politics, Tories have said since the 1990, we will cap sort out immigration only to completely say and do the opposite. Boris Johnson said 150m extra a week from Brexit only to completely change his stance. 3 weeks to flatten to curve to save the NHS only to completely bankrupt the UK and cause the NHS to fail in it's most basic function of offering health to people who need it, not just providing a waiting list. Trump is no saint but at least he constructed a peace deal in the middle east. Pressured china unlike any other leader, suppressed Iran. With regards to alias we are only in name but certainly don't put our money where are mouth is when we have rested on the US military for 50 years. But that politics Let's move on from Biden and trump in 2028 and hopefully people take their vote seriously rather than never trump but rather policy driven.

[@allangriffiths9555]

@@LinkoofHyrule As you know, there is a US Presidential Election in less than six month's time. Apart from a couple of distractions such as RFK Jnr, this is essentially a binary contest between Trump and Biden. Thus I think it's reasonable to assume that if you don't like Trump, which you clearly don't, then your preference would be for Biden. Please tell me if I'm wrong about that and if I am, what outcome would you like to see? As far as I can see, the only thing "predictable" about the Biden regime is its corruption. They appear willing to lie, cheat, abuse the judicial system and break the law every which way, in order to stay in power. All of the legal cases against Trump are falling apart and will likely result in certain Soros funded actors such as Fani Willis, Letitia James, Judge Engoron, Judge Merchan, Jack Smith et al all getting disbarred and possibly jailed. Despite all this, you choose to focus on Trump's unsubstantiated "unpredictability". What am I missing? Whatever happened to honesty, decency and integrity?

[@bigg5582]

My biggest gripe is people who say they're off the left then precede to disagree with thrm on nearly everything...should be just honest and say they're more right wing...

[@theglanconer6463]

Trump will win and the Spectator will go in a deeeeeeep depression (once again)

[@brianholmes3547]

China should not be allowed to dominate manufacturing if they do not abide by rules based systems, we should bring manufacturing back before we are too dependent on China which we are probably already.

[@adrianjohnson7920]

Manufacturers will not come back here unless the government makes laws more friendly to them. Government's why manufacturers left in the first place.

[@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp]

@@adrianjohnson7920 Oh please the entire British state is set up to please business. The top civil servants all go to work for investment firms after leaving office. We've had 45 years of business dominating this country and you just can't admit it's failed.

[@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp]

I don't identify as either Left or Right but it is a fact that the Right wing has always supported outsourcing and off shoring because they don't believe in anything other than money and sticking it to working people

[@adrianjohnson7920]

@@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp Fine if you are in investment firms. Small and mid-cap manufacturers (not financeers & banksters) are squeezed to the wall. There are far more of those than the fat cats you're talking about.

[@brianholmes3547]

@@adrianjohnson7920 exactly my point, did you think I was suggesting magic?

[@ilpostino88]

“ horrified by hamas horrible attack but DISTURBED by the death toll in Gaza” - the framing of Yascha shows he has no shame